What System Specs do you need to capture VCD with ATI TV Won

[simonko]

I was wondering because I have a ATI TV Wonder and I cant capture VCD mpeg with MMC. What I get is like 5 seconds of good Mpeg then it turns all blocky like lego island. I hear people saying they can capture VCD's perfect with MMC, what do they have? and whats the minimum system requirements.

I have:
Windows98/ MMC 7.1
AMD Duron 800Mhz
30 gig 5400rpm HD
112MB RAM
730 Sis Graphics Card
ATI TV Wonder VE
Asus A7S-VM motherboard

[kc5hwb]

I am not sure about the "requirements" but I have the following system and it works great. I captured a 100 minute movie last night to MPEG1 format, which ended up being a 0.97GB file and it plays and looks great.

AMD Athalon 1.1GHz
ECS K7S5A Motherboard
512MB RAM
40GB 7200rpm Maxtor Drive
Windows 2000

[mortisvanberg]

I had the same problem on my PC until I upgraded to Windows 2000. I was running Win 98, and the damn thing kept crashing whenever I tried to capture video. Since I've moved to Win 2k, no problems. Here's my configuration:

PIII 700
SuperMicro P6SBU motherboard
384MB RAM
40GB 7200rpm Maxtor Drive
20GB 7200rpm Maxtor Drive
Windows 2000

[Sulik]

The blockyness may not be related to the CPU speed (P3-500 should be plenty for VCD).
Just make sure you up the bitrate to 1.14, turn off visual masking, and set motion estimation to 100%

[simonko]

I used Stinky's Reg Tool to make it 1.15 MB/s but I still get the same problem. Is it because I have too little RAM (112MB) or my video card (SiS 730) can't render MPEG right? or my DirectX or operating system(DirectX8.0a, Windows98) is wrong? Possibly HD (Maxtor 30gig 5400rpm) too slow?